Trials for Adultery: or, The History of Divorces, 3 vol. (10)
10: S Bladon, 1779. Hardciover. Good / No jacket. Item #96618
"Being select trials at Doctors Commons for Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, etc., From the year 1760, to the present time. Including the whole of the Evidence in each Cause. Together with The letters, etc, that have been intercepted between the amorous Parties. The whole forming a complete history of the Private Life, Intrigues, and Amours of many Characters in the most elevated sphere: every scene and transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical, or extraordinary, being fairly represented, as becomes a faithful Historian, who is fully determined not to sacrifice Truth at the Shrine of Guilt and Folly.
Three volumes of what eventually turned out to be seven. Rebound in leather. The front cover of volume 3 is detached, but present. Other two volumes intact, but worn or cracked. No plates are present, as was common with the few original copies available.
Price: $200.00